How to wear leather... and NOT look like Nicole Kidman

Over recent years, leather, once only spotted in the warmer months on bikers, rockers and fetishists, has become much more mainstream.

You might remember M&S's peachy coloured dress from a few years ago that was fawned over by fashion's most hard-toimpress magazines.

Well, it seems that was just the start.

Chloe and Phillip Lim included at least one pale leather dress in their collections, while Alice Temperley, Helmut Lang and Donna Karan offer leather skirts in neutrals from cream to camel, thigh-skimming to floor-trailing.